The winners of the Best of APLF Awards (BOAA) 2018 were announced during BOAA & Design-A-Bag Awards and Cocktail Party in the evening of 15 March 2018 during APLF fairs.

There were a total of 12 winners with 5 Fashion Access exhibits and 8 APLF Leather & Materials+ exhibits. Read on to find out about the well-deserved award winners for leather, materials and component.

Best Fabric CollectionCompany: AJY Textile MillsCountry: IndiaDescription: AJY Textiles take jacquards up another level with a high-end collection that offers a wide range of patterns, prints and colours suitable for upholstery and bags.

New Innovation for Staking MachinesCompany: EquitanCountry: ItalyDescription: Equitan has invented a new biconical elastic belts for staking machines that allows for the absence of pleating in the central area, homogenous staking, and guides belts securely and continuously with cylindrical rollers with the speed the same in both the center and sides. The result is a better quality leather.

Smart Upcycling of Waste LeatherCompany: TTannerie PechdoCountry: FranceDescription: At Tannerie Pechdo, cow bellies which are usually gone to waste are upcycled and tanned into high-quality leather for garments and gloves.

Techno-Craft AwardCompany: Kinuya Co. Ltd.Country: JapanDescription: Kinuya has taken a 600 year old tradition of “Tokushima Blue Leather” or Ai-zome leather where natural leather is individually immersed into natural indigo plant dyes by hand — and have succeeded in creating a very current and beautiful leather.

Best Fashion Leather CollectionCompany: AXA Leather GroupCountry: IndiaDescription:AXA has presented a wide yet cohesive range of leathers that are ideal for various fashion applications. Particular mention is given to their “woven” line of colorful and graphic leathers.

Best New LeatherCompany: Futura LeathersCountry: ItalyDescription:Futura has created an interesting and bold line of leather for upholstery where prints and patterns are printed onto full cow skins by serigraphy, then the skin is heat-shrunk to create a brocade-like leather.